attack. we're tracking all the new developments in a live report. and temperatures adjust by 10 to 15 degrees in some cases. elevated fire danger. we have 90s inland, 80s bayside and 70s at the coast. your full forecast in a few moments. and early for your morning commute but we just got reports of a flat tire, someone stuck on that bay bridge upper deck. i'll bring you the latest details coming up. right now we bring you a live look oversan jose. it looks a little hazy out there with some low-hanging clouds. it's going to be a good one on this thursday, september 13th. this is "today in the bay." straight up 5:00. good morning, everybody, i'm jon kelley something and i'm marla tellez in for laura garcia-cannon. we begin with a look at breaking news that we're following right now on the peninsula. live pictures coming to you from menlo park. a major fire burning right now at a prep school in menlo park.

beechwood school on terminal avenue. this fire began just before 4:00 a.m. reported at 3:50 this morning. no word yet on a cause. no reports of any injuries at this point. you can see this is a big one. flames in full effect right now. smoke billowing into the air. of course fire crews are on scene as is our camera. this is a kinder prep through eighth grade school serving about 170 students from menlo park in east palo alto. we will stay on the story to bring you the very latest. >> right now the very latest on the deadly protests at u.s. embassies. this morning security being stepped up big-time at u.s. posts worldwide after american ambassador christopher stevens was killed in libya. in an exclusive interview last night, president obama responded with a swift response. >> you know, what we have to do now is to do a full investigation, find out the

facts, find out who perpetrated these terrible acts and bring hem to justice. >> as that investigation starts, protesters against the u.s., you can see growing there. just hours ago protesters storming the u.s. embassy in yemen. they were there trying to jump the fence and get into the compound. there are also reports of new violent protests in cairo this morning. damian trujillo has been tracking all the new developments and he joins us in the newsroom with all the latest. how's it look over there? >> reporter: pretty chaotic. it still remains a fluid situation. there's sort of a stand-off between protesters and police in riot gear. this is a live picture of cairo. i saw protesters throwing rocks at police. i saw police in riot gear throwing rocks back at protesters, also tear gas canisters. tuesday night protesters in egypt also climbed the u.s. embassy wall and burned an american flag there. now, the latest embassy to come

under fire is the embassy in yemen overnight. hundreds of yemeni protesters scaled the walls of the embassy. security guards were overtaken and there are unconfirmed reports of casualties. now, once inside the compound, protesters, again, tore down the american flag and burned it. in libya, the president has ordered two destroyers with tomahawk cruise missiles into the region and 50 elite marines will also help with security at the u.s. installations in libya. this is where angry protesters also stormed the embassy and killed the ambassador, along with three other people. now, three embassies -- one consulate, two embassies, very chaotic scenes. i will continue to monitor the situations, the live feeds, the state department website and bring you the latest developments. >> thank you very much. as we mentioned, ambassador christopher stevens was killed in libya. well, he has strong and very deep ties right here to the bay

area. stevens was a piedmont high school grad and attended uc berkeley where he was a member of the alpha tau omega fraternity. last night members of that fraternity gathering to pay tribute to their brother. >> whether or not we know him as a person or not, he's a brother of our fraternity and that means we share the same ideals. so that's -- we just know that we need to do something for him and his family. >> stevens we can tell you graduated from berkeley back in 1982. he then received a law degree from uc hastings. several of his relatives still live here in the bay area. we spoke to his uncle, don slicer, by phone yesterday. >> he had this job strictly because of the quality of his work. a lot of ambassadorships -- >> stevens never married. we can tell you he is survived by his parents and several brothers and sisters. no word yet on any official plans for his memorial. at 5:04 now, another big

story we're following today. this morning thousands of people, including california's governor, are expected to dpart in vacaville to pay their final respects to a chp officer killed in the line of duty. christie smith is live in vacaville where chp officer kenyon youngstrom's funeral will be held later this morning. christie, plenty of chairs already set up for the crowd that's expected. >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you, marla, that's right. already this morning overflow chairs are set up outside of the mission church here in vacaville. as you said, thousands of police officers, sheriff's deputies from california, but also from other states expected here today to pay their final respects to fallen chp officer kenyon youngstrom. this is a public memorial for the 37-year-old husband and father of four, seven-year veteran of the california highway patrol. yesterday morning family and close friends attended a private memorial for him in vallejo. youngstrom worked out of the martinez chp office where there

are flowers and notes of condolences came in immediately, even from total strangers. youngstrom was shot last week in a traffic stop on interstate 680 in alamo. today's service, again, is open to the public. governor jerry brown and state attorney general ckarmala harri expected to attend. the service is expected to begin at 10:00 this morning. reporting live in vacaville, christie smith, "today in the bay." it is 5:06 right now. the man accused of slamming his pickup truck right into a family in walnut creek killing one woman and injuring another is now out of jail. last weekend police arrested the 53-year-old man on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter but he has now been released. here's the situation. a mother visiting her son and his pregnant wife was killed. her daughter-in-law still remains in critical condition.

california law requires suspects be released from custody after just 72 hours if no charges have been filed. police continue to investigate this crash and they say they do plan to submit the case to the strict district attorney in the very near future. the search for a missing teenager is being scaled back. from now on volunteers will only conduct searches on saturday. previously they were searching every wednesday and saturday. volunteers will now use wednesdays to help identify new areas to search. sierra vanished march 16th. a suspect in this case, seen here, will appear in court later this month. he has yet to enter a plea on murder and kidnapping charges in this case. later on today, contra costa county starts a new round of west nile mosquito spraying. that announcement coming just days after the county's first human case of the year was

confirmed. trucks are scheduled to fog an area of brentwood between sand creek parkway and balfour road. tonight's fogging will begin and go from dusk through 11:00 p.m. that of course weather permitting. 5:08. business is booming for b.a.r.t so good the agency is scrambling to meet demands. they have seen record weekday ridership this month, including three weekdays where they carried more than 400,000 riders. b.a.r.t. says 85% of its fleet is in use on a typical day and it's anxious to add new train cars. more than 400 new cars are on order. until then, b.a.r.t. is advising riders to be considerate of others and do what they can to make room for everyone. 5:08 right now. i guess before we officially hit fall and those fall-like cool temperatures, mother nature will splash us with a little heat. >> yeah, she is. good morning to you.

i want to start with this live picture. we have such a cool setup out there. you can see the moon over san francisco, but below this moon, all the cloud cover is being forced right to the surface. so we've got a steady drizzle reported this morning in half moon bay and pacifica. great conditions out there later on today, so let's get right to your readings this morning. temperatures are crisp to start but look it, they're all over the place. we're in the 40s in santa rosa, 60s in concord. 62 in sunnyvale and 54, good morning to you, in san francisco. your hour-by-hour forecast looks like this. inland 85 degrees at noon today and then you'll be at 96 degrees. so it is going to be hot. temperatures jumping by 10 to 15 degrees in some cases from yesterday so you'll notice the difference. we've got more change just around the corner. maybe some showers. yeah, we'll talk all about that coming up. first at 5:09, we want to check your drive. it's a thursday. hi, mike. >> good morning. yeah, it is a thursday and it's early. we're looking at the bay bridge and the toll plaza is just fine. we do have a flat tire reported,

someone fixing that tire at the treasure island off-ramp area. it sounds like they are off to the shoulder but there's not much of a shoulder there so use caution and stay to your left as you can heading through that tunnel. we don't see slowing here. getting into the city a typical construction zone about 4th as you're getting off of the bridge. we do have another accident reported south 101 at cesar chavez. there was earlier slowing. there was a traffic break scheduled the last couple of minutes. i'll track that and give you the update. live looks outsideshow you no problems for the east bay. and another live look for san jose shows light volume for 101. you're at the limit for the south bay. it is 5:10 right now. in a move everybody hopes will lead to happier, more well adjusted animal, the san francisco zoo has hired an animal psychologist. officials say the hiring in part is in response to a pretty serious situation, that fatal tiger mauling on christmas day back in 2007. dr. terry maple has been

enlisted to assess the animals' mental health. maple is a trained psychologist and previously was the director of the atlanta zoo. >> well, i wasn't making light of a serious subject but, you know, animals, we all need a little mental help. >> i could use some right now. >> absolutely. sign me up. it is 5:11 right now. san francisco's ban on plastic bags about to get bigger. we will tell you what's about to change. also the state's highest court rules on a new appeal from former b.a.r.t. police officer johan s mehserle. hree little wo: chevron with techron. care for your car.

welcome back, everybody. we continue to follow breaking news out of menlo park. you're looking live at a

kindergarten prep school that has caught fire. they actually have kindergarten through eighth grade there. crews arriving at the beechwood school on terminal avenue. that happened at about 4:00 this morning. you can see lots of flames. this is actually a very, very big fire. firefighters on scene there trying to douse this thing. no word yet on actually what caused the fire. damian trujillo is headed right there to that scene and we will get a live report coming up for you and explaining everything that's happening out there in a matter of minutes. 5:14. today is day four of that massive teachers strike in chicago. talks are continuing but both sides say they remain far apart. negotiators for the teachers say they are battling over teacher performance evaluations. the district wants to base the evaluations on students' standardized test scores and teachers say they cannot accept that. more than 25,000 teachers and 350,000 students have been out of class since monday. 5:14 right now. as expected, apple shares in focus this morning as the world

continues to react to that brand new iphone which scott mcgrew reminds us really isn't that new. >> no, apple has been working on the iphone 5 quite a time. some of the grumbling about the iphone 4s is that it wasn't the 5. apple explained the delay but as everyone now knows, the iphone 5 was unveiled in san francisco wednesday. it is a catch-up phone bringing some of the features like a wider screen and lte 4g to apple phones for the first time. apple gained more than $9 a share after the announcement. that's actually unusual. people usually buy on the rumor of a new phone, sell on the news, but not wednesday when all kinds of stocks skyrocketed. thanks in anticipation to the fed, that they finally came through with new easing. here to explain that is seema mody live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning, seema. >> reporter: very good morning to you. futures right now are flat as investors await the fed' decision on interest rates this

afternoon. now, the central bank is widely expected to launch another stimulus program to buy up billions of dollars of treasury bonds and mortgage securities in order to keep rates low and spur consumer spending and business investments. however, many economists don't think this move will actually help to lower unemployment. the fed will also update its economic forecast and ben bernanke holds a news conference this afternoon. we do get data out on unemployment feelings. the dow rose nearly ten points yesterday and the nasdaq gained about nine. retailers plan to tout bigger is better when it comes to tvs this holiday season. analysts say they'll try to get people to trade in their 42-inch flat screen for much larger sets, 60 or 90 inches. many stores are offering you incentives to get you to buy. best buy is providing free delivery and will pick up those tvs within 30 days if you're not satisfied. amazon is offering free enhanced delivery.

customers can schedule their own delivery day and amazon will ship it to you, unpack it and make sure it's working properly. back to you. jon and marla, when did we get to the point that 42 inches, i've got to trade that. and iphone 4s, that's old technology. >> we're there already. we're already at that point. >> this is the line and we've kraud it. >> i don't know about you, a 90-inch tv sounds pretty sweet during football season. >> that's a movie theater game. >> how about two, two games. >> i like the way you think. >> just think how good "today in the bay" would look on that. >> and the forecast. >> a lot of this right now, i'll take it. >> a lot of this right here. we know it's the ladies watching in the morning. good morning to you. if you're getting your kids ready for school and we tip our hats to the gentlemen out there of course as well. but if you're getting your kids ready for school this morning, you want to dress them for the two very, very different parts of the day, starting with a live picture here. san jose getting a little bit of moisture. we do have partly cloudy conditions here.

those clouds aren't going to last long. offshore flow picks up today and we've got a heat wave, starts today, lasts through saturday. temperatures climbing through that triple digit mark in places like livermore and gilroy today. so we're starting out in the 60s. that will contribute to those very, very warm readings later on today. 54 degrees in san francisco and your numbers won't be quite as high up in the north bay because your starting out in the 40s. that 60-degree start in livermore, 59 here in san jose is easily going to make way for temperatures in the upper 80s and mid-90s. it's going to be hot today. our air quality is in the moderate range in the central and east bay today. so you can open up your windows. you'll likely notice a little bit more haze out in the east bay today. so cool satellite imagery today. you can see high pressure here, clouds arcing up and around that big, strong ridge. it fills in. as we head through today, it looks like it will be at its max but not losing all that much energy so temperatures staying just about as hot.

today we spike your numbers into the upper 90s in some cases. tomorrow staying hot. look at your temperatures. what a difference a day makes around here. 93 in santa teresa, 96 in livermore, 99 fairfield. i know, when you get to 99 degrees, that one degree doesn't really make a difference. it's going to feel like the century mark out there. just make sure you're ready for it. we're going to cool you off and bring in a lot more cloud cover next week, even a chance of some showers thursday into friday and that means the final weekend of summer won't be as nice for your beach plans as we're looking at this week. get out there if you can. >> we'll take you to the south bay where i had a clear incident report for the south bay. had being the operative word. your northbound route still okay but north 680, we do have an issue at the connector to east cala vares. we careful as you're getting off

of the freeway heading toward milpitas. it's a little early for that but i'll track that. meanwhile the peninsula, we had that breaking news, menlo park, the fire out there. let's take a live look outside and see how things are shaping up. here's 101 but i did move the camera around and we do see that little puff of smoke. that's where i believe the fire is for beechwood school other on terminal avenue. as the crow flies, about three football fields away. that will be a distraction if that smoke continues adds the sun comes up. so far no distraction for these drivers. wel look at the north bay and end with this shot. a smooth drive heading down from the north bay. as christie smith noted, the funeral for officer youngstrom goes down highway 29 and heads over to east 80 towards vacaville starting at 7:30 for the funeral at 10:00. back to you. california's supreme court is now refusing to overturn the conviction of a former b.a.r.t. police officer. the state's highest court turned down an appeal yesterday by

johans mehserle. he was convicted in the shooting death of oakland b.a.r.t. passenger oscar grant. mehserle said it was an accident but jurors ruled he acted with criminal negligence. h mehserle was later paroled after serving 11 months in prison. his lawyers will ask the federal court to overturn his confection. san francisco now getting the green light to extend that ban on plastic bags. a superior court judge has now upheld the city's new law which is scheduled to take effect next month. all retailers and pharmacies are now banned from carrying plastic bags. starting next summer, all restaurants will also have to comply. also under the law retail stores will charge customers 10 cents for every paper bag. a bay area firefighter being praised for saving a couple trapped inside a burning building. the big honor he will receive later today. okay, what'ya havin?

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we take you live to cairo. the reaction continues for the derogatory films about the prophet muhammed over there. you can see the unrest continues there. protesters throwing rocks at police around the u.s. embassy. the police in riot gear actually throwing the rocks back at the protesters and the -- they're also throwing gas canisters there. they responded tuesday night to protesters in egypt who were trying to climb those u.s. embassy walls. they did that and were able to burn an american flag. we'll continue to cover this very fluid situation in cairo, egypt, as it continues to unfold. 5:24. a heroic bay area man will be honored in sacramento today. william mokeen will receiver the medal of valor. he saved an elderly couple trapped inside a burning

building in chinatown on new year's day in 2011. in order to reach the third floor window, he crawled across a makeshift bridge and then carried the couple out on his back. after 30 years with the san francisco fire department, he retired last year. how's this for a sweet wake-up call. somebody right here in the bay area has a golden lottery ticket sitting right in their pocket. california lottery officials say a ticket cold in pleasanton hit five of the numbers for tuesday's drawing matching everything except for that mega number. still a pretty good payday. the ticket worth more than $220,000, that's before taxes. still a good fwgig. here are the winning numbers. 5, 11, 20, 33, 36, and the mega ball number 11. guess what a ticket holder in southern california extremely happy this morning. a ticket sold in riverside, yeah, nailed all six for that grand prize lotto bagging of $120 million.

>> my pocket is empty. there's nothing inside my pocket. >> no lint though, either. >> i'll take the golden ticket over the lint. coastal residents get the golden ticket in the weather department today. 70s in san francisco, 72 degrees. that's room temperature. that means you can ditch the jacket for a couple days in the city. you'll have to pull it back out. quickly we'll get to that forecast coming up. 5:26. let's check your drive first. >> good morning, folks. i've been watching the bay bridge, the toll plaza not an issue. the reason why we're watching for any slowing is if they turn the metering lights on, which they didn't have to. there was an incident on the upper deck that just cleared it looks like from the roadway and we're looking at a flat tire. the maps don't show any slowing coming over from the east bay. the incline starting to show a little slowdown because of that volume starting to build up a little bit.

no major roproblems through the dublin interchange either. 5:27. still to come on "today in the bay" the very latest on developing news in the middle east where another u.s. embassy has been stormed by protesters overnight. also the new details regarding the person who made that film and sparked those protests. why google says it will not pull that controversial video from youtube. right now we give you another live look at a story we've been covering, breaking news from the peninsula. this is a major fire that broke out at a kindergarten prep school in menlo park. this fire said to have started about 4:00 a.m. this morning at beechwood school on terminal avenue. that schoolhouses kindergarten through eights grade. damian trujillo is covering it for us of the we'll have details coming up.

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still ahead in a live report. >> reporter: in just a few hours, thousands of law enforcement from across the state are expected here in vacaville to pay their final respects to fallen chp officer, kenyon youngstrom. i'm christie smith. we'll have a preview coming up. and so close to that weekend now and temperatures are going to soar today. 90s inland, 80s bayside, 70s at the coast. your full forecast in a few moments. as traffic starts to pick up the volume, i have a new accident. we'll give you the latest coming up. good morning to you, it is 5:30. i'm marla tellez. laura garcia-cannon is off today. >> and i'm jon kelley. good morning, everybody. we get you right to the latest on that breaking news we've been covering all morning long. a major fire at a prep school on the peninsula. this one has been burning for nearly an hour and a half. damian trujillo is there live

from the beechwood school in menlo park and has all the latest. good morning. >> reporter: it's going pretty strong here, jon. we still can't get the firefighters in to find out what caused this fire because it is still going. behind me are two portable classrooms. one of them is engulfed. they have water pouring in from both sides, one from the top and one from the side and this fire is just not going out so they're battling the flames here. the good news is that we don't have any reports of any injuries so far. we are hearing that the principal has cancelled classes for obvious reasons both today and tomorrow. we're going to look for that principal and try to confirm that. we're kind of on a frontage road here so we're not at the front entrance of the school because this is a place where we could get a much better angle of the flames and the huge plumes of smoke going up into the air right now. we're not that far actually from the facebook campus, just a few football fields away, just to give you an idea of where we're at right now. but they're still putting up a

fierce fight right now from the ground and the air. a ladder hose is in full function right now. again, the good news is that there are no reported injuries at this time. for now that's the very latest in menlo park. i'm damian trujillo, "today in the bay." just hours from now thousands of law enforcement officers from across the state and the nation are expected to gather in vacaville to honor a bay area chp officer killed in the line of duty. christie smith is live in vacaville where the funeral for chp officer kenyon youngstrom will be held a little bit later this morning. a tough day. good morning, christie. >> reporter: good morning to you, marla. you know, already this morning rows and rows of chairs are set up outside the church for an overflow crowd. as you said, thousands of people expected to attend the memorial service for officer kenyon youngstrom. of course law enforcement will be here but also members of the public who were so moved by his loss. i just shot some new video of

the sign in front of the mission church here in vacaville. a sign reading god bless chp officer kenyon youngstrom. the 37-year-old husband and father of four was a seven-year veteran of the california highway patrol. he worked out of the contra costa county office in martinez where neighbors left flowers and cards. i remember speaking with two men, they shared stories of how youngstrom pulled them over for different reasons but didn't ticket them. just told them to fix what was wrong. they both left flowers and remembered him as a nice guy, a friendly officer. he was shot in a traffic stop last week on interstate 680 in alamo. today law enforcement from california and beyond expected here along with governor jerry brown and attorney general harris. services begin at 10:00 and the public is invited to attend. reporting live in vacaville, christie smith, "today in the bay." happening right now, protests are escalating in the

middle east as the muslim world continues to react to a video posted on youtube. earlier this morning demonstrators you can see there scales the walls of the u.s. embassy in yemen. reports say security guards were overtaken and protesters literally tore down the american flag and then burned it. protesters still very angry about an anti-muslim video, reported ly made by an american filmmaker defaming the prophet muhammed. protests still in cairo, egypt. this is a live look at the pictures of the streets there. protesters in a stand-off with police. demonstrators, they have been throwing rocks as police have been throwing those rocks back and firing tear gas canisters out into those crowds. now, those attacks following an attack on the u.s. consulate in libya that ultimately killed four people, including ambassador chris stevens, who is from here in the bay area. the president has ordered two destroyers with tomahawk

missiles into that region, an immediate reaction here, and 50 elite marines will also help with security at u.s. installations in libya. the controversial online video that sparked those protests is not coming down any time soon. google, which runs youtube, says it will not stop people from watching the 14-minute clip in most of the world but it is blocking the movie from being shown in libya and egypt. the company says the video fits within their youtube guidelines. some islamic leaders say the video is offensive but understand it is free speech. tech analysts feel if they take it down, it might encourage more violence. >> once you allow violence to dictate your behavior, people wilma nip late you through violence. you don't want to create a pattern where that's the case. >> just who produced the video is still a mystery. it was posted by a man named sam

bacile and many believe that's an alias. yesterday the associated press spoke to a man who says he was an adviser to those who made the film. he says he helped with the production logistics. he says he and the director are both coptic christians. many believe there is a history of discrimination and violence in the middle east by the area's muslim majority. many actors in the film are apologizing, saying they were never even told what the film was about or even given a script. in fact they say some of the dialogue was dubbed in post-production. coming up in about ten minutes, we will go live to washington where the u.s. response to those deadly attacks has now sparked a political war of words between the president and mitt romney. again, that's coming up in about ten minutes. we'll harry from tracie potts. >> very dangerous and fluid situation as that continues to escalate. 5:36 right now. we'll also be checking out what's happening outside on this thursday, which is friday eve. christina loren is here to tell us about the weekend.

>> good morning to you. it's going to be hot today and tomorrow all the way through saturday. temperatures exceeding their seasonal averages, so getting pretty hot. close to the century mark in fairfield today. i'm forecasting 99 degrees. part of the reason why is because we're starting out so mild. we're already at 60 in livermore and concord. we had readings in the 40s earlier this week at this time in concord and livermore, so it is certainly warmer out there and it will be hot later on today in the warmest bay area cities close to the triple digits. that's pretty extreme for us here. stays hot tomorrow. great beach weather as we head through the weekend. going to get a little cooler towards sunday but we get so much action for you right here on nbc bay area. you might just want to stay home and watch those giants taking on arizona. yeah, they'll take on the diamondbacks right here on nbc bay area. that's friday at 6:40. then we've got the niners on sunday at 5:00. all of it on nbc. yes, the proud home. 96 degrees at 4:00 p.m., 85

bayside and 74 at the coast. we'll take a look at some of the forecasts for those games. first let's take a look at your drive. >> fans of the niners sometimes called the red fog and there you go, the red fog because of the lights. we'll get out to the maps and show you the issue we talked about. it's alamo and not walnut creek. northbound 680 and the stone valley road. sounds like everything is off to the shoulder and you see why i was talking walnut creek and danville. that's the same corridor. 680 moves smoothly through that 24 sbrainterchange as well. no major issues for the freeways. 101 and 280, 85, 87 through san jose. a nice drive through mountain view as well. this evening there's a concert at shoreline so i always warn with problems by the off-ramp for shoreline. 85. tonight's concert is rascal flatts. they have a cool song about a red camaro and with the foster

city side of the san mateo bridge, smooth drive, guys. >> i love me some rascal flatts. sing to me. >> no. >> i don't either. 5:39. a super-sized ban. the major american city preparing to limit the size of your soda. plus the east bay city that has pulled off quite a feat. auditors saying they managed to misspend more than $50 million. i have never encountered such a burning sensation...

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surrounding the embassy attacks. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. to understand that, you really have to look at the timeline here. protests in cairo, not to mention other countries, but the focus here politically with cairo because the cairo embassy, our embassy came out with a statement early thoon said there were misguided efforts to hurt muslims in the wake of the anniversary of 9/11, referring to this online video involving the prophet muhammed. the protesters said it was insulting and that's why they're protesting. mitt romney said that statement by the embassy, by the obama administration amounted to sympathizing with the demonstrators who were marching on our embassy, not what the u.s. should be doing. meantime, none of this had to do with the deaths in benghazi, by the way. same issue, different group of protesters. but the question is did mitt romney jump into this too soon. as you alluded to, some republicans here on capitol hill now say yes. it's still a developing situation. we've seen that with more

protests today. they think he really should have stayed out of it as the situation was unfolding. the president, president obama, asked about that, asked about whether it was irresponsible for romney to jump in and criticize them in the midst of this crisis said that's up to the american people to decide. marla. >> okay, thank you. new this morning, police in san jose right now investigating what they believe was a fight which ended with two people being stabbed. investigators say this all happened just after 2:50 this morning near tintersection of north ninth street and east julian street. police found two men both suffering from multiple stab wounds. they were both rushed to the hospital but so far no word on their condition or any suspects. we will follow this story and bring you updates as we get them into the newsroom. the search for what may be a missing hiker was called off overnight but will be back on at the first light this morning.

they will relaunch a helicopter to search garin park in the union city/hayward area. those park districts say just before 10:00 last night, it received multiple reports of screams for help coming from the park. crews then searched a ravine in the area but unfortunately did not find anything. the helicopter will be launched this morning. that will give searchers another chance to look all over the area. a controversial mega soda ban in the big apple is heading for a vote this morning. an 11-member panel appointed by new york city's mayor, michael bloomberg, will vote on whether to ban extra large sodas and sugary drinks. earlier this year bloomberg recommended the city prohibits restaurants and other venues from selling sugary beverages in containers larger than 16 ounces. the board of health is expected to approve the ban. the new cool thing to say in new york is undersize me. keep it mini. 5:44 right now. >> i would fit that bill. >> yes, you do, but you have a

very powerful presence. >> indeed she does. hey, they need all the room they can get. you see those shots of people just trying to walk around in new york. aren't you glad you live in california? let me show you one of the reasons why it's so beautiful to be out here, especially this time of year starting live. transamerica pyramid. i guess we're going to show you san jose. live picture here. as you can see, san jose is looking pretty good so far this morning. at 5:45. i wanted to show you the transamerica pyramid because what's happening is only the very tippy top is peeking out because the fog is getting compressed by high pressure. here you can see it now. yeah, just a little blink there. that's the tippy top of the transamerica pyramid. so when you wake up this morning from your high rise, if you live in one in san francisco, you're going to be looking down on that fog layer, pretty cool. 48 degrees, crisp out there in novato. it's a little balmy in livermore and san jose. we're starting out in the upper 50s. 62 to start to sunnyvale.

lots of sunshine, offshore flow picks up. high pressure is arcing up and around. that big ridge of high pressure, you can see that here and it's completely clear below the clouds. we're going to see that compressional warming today and temperatures are going to spike from yesterday's high bias 5 to 10 degrees so make sure you're ready for that. now as we head through tomorrow, staying just about as hot. we'll take your temperatures down by a couple degrees each day all the way through saturday, but still feeling that heat. not getting back to normal until we head into tuesday of next week and then things start to head south when it comes to our sunny, beautiful summer weather. 96 degrees in livermore today, 78 in fremont, 72 in san francisco. you can see here we're going to be in the 90s until saturday. finally the lower 80s arrive tuesday into wednesday, maybe some showers thursday into friday of next week. so yet again, mother nature feels as though we need to go through the extremes. let's find out if there's any extreme out on the roads. >> up until three minutes ago i'd say pretty calm.

right now in san francisco there is a new issue. not the construction. we just got reports of an issue 101 at 9th -- actually the bay bridge getting off at 9th, there's reports of annin dent there that may still be in lanes and might involve a big rig. chp still has to arrive to give me the details. no slowing shows but be advised that might be an issue getting off the upper deck. i'll give you an update and also do that on twitter and facebook. down the peninsula, let's get a live look outside. this is the fire we're talking about in menlo park. still getting a handle on things. now back out to the live shot for 101. this is nearby highway 101. if we look at our palo alto camera, we can see just off of the freeway this is a smooth flow of traffic. this is the northbound direction and over here, that's where the smoke is. this will be an issue when the sun comes up if that smoke is still pouring out. we'll take another live look outside and end with this shot here of san jose.

as the volume builds, you'll see a little slowing just north of tully heading up toward 87 but not a big deal right now. there has been a lot of drama and emotion surrounding this one and now we can tell you a retired priest will not face perjury charges in connection with his testimony during a high profile assault trial. the santa clara district attorney says, no, there is not enough evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt father jerry lindner per jured himself on the stand. he was severely beaten by william lynch. during the trial, father lindner testified he never molested lynch. something even prosecutors say is a flat-out lie. the d.a. met with lynch yesterday before announcing that no charges would be filed. 5:48. the city of hercules is out $50 million in redevelopment funds as a result of self-dealing, nepotism and other public trust abuses. this is according to the

california state controller, john chang. the state released two audits covering 2005 through 2010. those audits largely blame the problems on the city manager, who was unnamed in this report. nelson olivia held the job at the time covered by the audits but has since left. controller chang says a substantial number of relevant documents are missing, so the full stengt of any wrongdoing is unknown. it's 5:49 right now. coming up, a very cool honor for some local superstars. a congressional celebration of greatness. the new honor for the now legendary petaluma little leaguers. plus a silicon valley company doesn't have to lift a firpg but will get billions of dollars of the we'll tell you what's going on. have you heard of the new dialing procedure

for the 408 and 669 area codes? no, what is it? starting october 20, 2012, if you have a 408 or 669 number, you'll need to dial 1 plus the area code plus the phone number for all calls. o.k., but what if i have an 408 number and i'm calling a 408 number? you'll still need to dial 1 plus the area code plus the phone number. so when in doubt, dial it out!

quickly up dating a story we've been following all morning long, this is a fire that broke out at about 4:00 this morning. firefighters there trying to knock down the blaze. this is a big fire they have been fighting. damian trujillo has been on scene for us. he is out there working every angle, working on trying to get interviews and telling us what's happening. we will check in with him coming up a little later on. one of the state's top tax collectors is now fighting to block a new fee. board of equalization member george runner wants the state to stop collecting a $150 firefighting fee from rural residents. runner, who is a republican, says that fee he believes is nothing more than a money grab by democratic lawmakers, including governor jerry brown. fee supporters, they say it's

necessary to have this to try to pay to maintain critical fire protection resources. the newly imposed fee impacts tens of thousands of california residents living in rural and unincorporated areas. qet is a boat. qe-3 is something else entirely. scott mcgrew, what am i saying? >> qe 2 is the queen elizabeth 2. qe 3 is an exciting and new idea. we're all going to come aboard later this afternoon when we expect the federal open markets committee probably will announce a third round of quantitative easing or qe-3. in simple terms, it's injecting money into the economy by buying up more government bonds. more money is like gas in the carburetor of the economic engine. it should go faster. speaking of giant piles of money, the "wall street journal" reports yahoo! is this close to

cashing out some of its investments in a chinese firm. that would mean billions of dollars in yahoo!' bank: ceo says yahoo! will keep that money investing it in the company and perhaps buying other companies. previous yahoo! ceos says yahoo! would have returned the billions to shareholders in the form of a special dividend. meyer, by keeping the money, is in poker terms going all in. she's betting the billion that say she can turn yahoo! into a player once again. jon and marla. >> she's a smart lady. all right, scott, thanks so much. 5:54. well, the honors just keep piling up for the now famous petaluma little league team. representative lynn woolsly took the floor in the house to praise the team. >> their performance on and off the field is a testament to their coaches, their parents and their teachers and their individual character. these boys are unquestionably

champions. they are tomorrow's leaders and they give confidence for our country's future. >> well, that speech is now part of the congressional record. woolsly praising each of the players by name and then touting their accomplishments during the little league world series in which they placed third in. from the pros to the politicians. >> that is just awesome. one of my goals for christmas to get you a petaluma jersey. i'm working on it right now. meteorologist christina loren checking the forecast for us. >> good morning to you. we've got a really good-looking day shaping up. you want to make sure you're ready for that heat. 96 inland, bayside 85 degrees and at the coast you're going to hit about 74 degrees. enough about today, let's talk about sunday. the 49ers on nbc. kickoff time 5:20. they're taking on the detroit lions. that's right, no need to change that station any time between now and then. 64 grows at 5:00 p.m. 4

tailgating and 7:00 p.m. 62 degrees. feeling like fall. the first day of fall is september 22nd. let's check your drive. here's mike inouye. >> the north bay flows really nicely. we'll look at the maps. getting into the city off of the bay bridge, we did have an issue confirmed by chp. it looks like this may have turned into a collision, an accident. no injuries reported. trying to get that off of the roadway. we'll watch a little slowing coming off of the bridge. getting onto the bridge, the toll plaza looks pretty smooth as there. there you are on the oakland side. the gathering has started in the cash lanes. back to you. >> thank you very much. this one straight from the strange but true file. a pennsylvania toddler ticketed, that's right, ticketed for not being able to hold it until he could actually find a restroom. do they have the legitimate potty patrol out there? 2-year-old nathaniel was shopping with his mom and his siblings. his mom asked the store if they had a restroom they could use.

they said no. the family ran outside but before mom could stop little nathaniel, he rushed to a nearby traffic pole and you know what he did from there. the mom tried to redirect him, but just too late. >> tell him to go over to a grassy patch and make pee. the next thing you know, i have an officer giving me a police ticket for public urination. he's doing this for my own protection because god forbid there might have been a pervert out there looking at my son. >> and little nathaniel there holding his ticket. he did the crime, you've got to do the crime, i guess, but pretty ridiculous. mom says she is going to fight that ticket and we hope she wins. 5:57. still ahead, we continue to follow the breaking news in menlo park. crews on the scene of a fire at a school. this is a live look. this has been burning more than two hours now. a live report coming up. i didn't know strawberries where in season right now. shh's no no no no no no.. rosco ..no, no, no...

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